The Farmer in the Dell

The Farmer in the Dell
The Farmer in the Dell
Heigh-ho the derry-O
The Farmer in the Dell.

The Farmer takes a wife.
The Farmer takes a wife.
Heigh-ho the derry-O
The Farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child...
The child takes a nurse...
The nurse takes a dog...
The dog takes a cat...
The cat takes a mouse...
The mouse takes the cheese...
The cheese stands alone...

Have everyone in your class stand up and hold hands in a circle. Have someone be the farmer and stand in the middle of the circle. As you sing the song, the class will move in a circle around the child in the middle. Have the "farmer" choose another child to be the wife and have them join him in the middle of the circle. Keep adding children to the middle of the circle with the song. By the end you have a hard time moving around all of the children in the center, but it is really fun.